Submesoscale Frontal Buoyancy Gradients

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Frontal Horizontal Buoyancy Gradients %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Data from Figures 2d and 6 from Whalen and Drushka (2025) `Global distribution and governing dynamics of submesoscale density fronts' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Whalen_Drushka_Figure_2d.m%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Joint PDF of frontal widths and buoyancy gradients% Underlying data behind Figure 2 d in Whalen and Drushka (2025) for frontal widths >1.5 km%%%%%%%% Variables %%%%%%% w_bin = frontal width in log_{10} km, bin center % bx_bin = frontal buoyancy gradients in log_{10} 1/s^2, bin center% ct = normalized count for the PDF% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Whalen_Drushka_Figure_6.mat%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Underlying data from global maps of the across-front buoyancy gradient from Figure 6 of Whalen and Drushka (2025)%%%%%% Variables %%%%% lon = longitude, bin center% lat = latitude, bin center% bx = mean frontal buoyancy gradient 1/s^2 [Lat,Lon,Season]% mon = months averaged between [season1 limits; season2 limits]